Apparatus for making phonograph record album or similar item

ABSTRACT

A phonograph record album with an outer sheet having informational material printed thereon. The sheet is folded over the base jacket so that it covers both sides of the jacket. This is done in an automatic machine which applies half the sheet to one side and then reverses itself to apply half to the other side.

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Inc College point Primary Examiner-Roy Lake Assistant ExaminerJames F.Coan Nov. 21

App]. N0.: 418,086

Attorney, Agent, or FirmH0ll.and, Armstrong, Wilkie & Previto [22]Filed:

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SHEET 3 9f 53 "31.21.15. so E x DESCRIPTION The present inventionrelates to a phonograph record album and more particularly to animproved phonograph record album which has descriptive material printedon it.

Phonograph record album jackets have, in the past, been made by twoblank sheets of relatively thick paperboard to form a base jacket. Anouter wrapper is provided over the thick paperboard which gives thedetails of the name of the artist and other informational material.

Heretofore, such informational material has been either lithographed onthe paperboard itself or it has been necessary to place such informationon two separate sheets which would then be adhered on each side of thebase jacket.

The present invention overcomes this and provides an improved album andmethod of making it whereby the informational material can be put on asingle separate sheet which is then wrapped around the paperboard basejacket.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of an improvedmethod of wrapping the sheet around a base jacket.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of an improvedrecord album and a machine for producing it.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of an improvedouter wrapper for use in forming a phonograph record album.

Other and further objects of the invention will be obvious upon anunderstanding of the illustrative embodiment about to be described orwill be indicated in the appended claims, and various advantages notreferred to herein will occur to one skilled in the art upon employmentof the invention in practice.

A preferred embodiment of the invention has been chosen for purposes ofillustration and description and is shown in the accompanying drawings,forming a part of the specification, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a phonograph record album made inaccordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 22 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view showing the first step in the method ofwrapping the outer layer around the phonograph jacket;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the next step;

FIG. 6 is a detail of a corner of the phonograph record jacket; I

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view showing the machine for makingthe album of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view along 8-8 of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line 9-9 of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a detail of the end of the machine showing a reverse trippingmechanism;

FIG. 11 is a detail similar to FIG. 10 showing the album being placed ina reverse direction; and

FIG. 12 is a detail showing the finished album.

Referring to the drawings and more particularly to FIGS. 1 to 6, thephonograph record album A of the present invention comprises an innerbase jacket 1 7 made of a pair of relatively thick paperboard panels 2and 3 joined together along three edges by an adhesive, and not joinedtogether alongthe fourth edge to form a mouth 4 for thephonographrecord.

An outer relatively thin flexible sheet 9 having informational materialprinted on one side thereof is wrapped around the inner base jacket 1.The outer sheet 9 has a pair of panels 5 and 6 joined together along afold line 7. The panel 5 is provided with an outer flap 8 along eachedge thereof.

The outer sheet 9 is wrapped around the inner base jacket 1 by firstapplying an adhesive to the inner face of the outer sheet 9 and adheringthe sheet panel 5 to the jacket panel 3 (FIG. 4). The flaps 8 are thenwrapped around the side edges of the inner base jacket 1 so that theyoverlap slightly the jacket panel 2 thereof. The second sheet panel 6 isthen folded over along the fold line 7 so that it adheres to jacketpanel 2 and its side edges are superimposed over the flaps 8,

as shown in FIG. 6, to complete the album A.

FIGS. 7 to 12 show a machine 20 which may be used for performing themethod described above. The machine 20 has a conveyor belt. 21 driven byrollers 22 and 23. An adhesive-applying roller 24 is mounted below thefirst roller 22 and a pressure feed roller 25 is mounted above it. Asecond pressure-applying roller 26 is mounted below and adjacent to thesecond roller 23. Folding bar elements 27 are mounted along the conveyor21. There is a ramp 28 at the end of the conveyor belt and a reversemoving switch mechanism 29 at the end of the ramp 28.

The outer sheets 9 are stacked below the conveyor roller 22 and thefinished albums A are deposited below the conveyor roller 23.

The inner base jackets 1 are supplied to the pressure roller 25 by afeed mechanism which is not shown. They are fed with the mouths facingthe ramp 28. The printed outer sheet 9 which is stacked below theconveyor is fed upwardly by a feeding mechanism, not shown, and iswrapped around the drive roller after it comes into contact with theadhesive roller 24 which coats the entire sheets inner surface with anadhesive.

The pressure roller 25 then feeds the inner base jacket 1 so that onepanel 3 of the jacket is adhered to the panel 5 of the sheet 9. Theconveyor 21 then moves the adhered jacket-sheet combination below theflapturning members 27 which bend the flaps 8 over the edge, as shown inFIGS. 8 and 9. The turning mechanism 27 comprises a pair of uprightrails 30 on either side of the conveyor which become and merge intoflat, horizontal rails at 31 in order to turn the flaps 8 over.

The entire jacket-sheet combination is then moved to the end of theconveyor 21 where the forward movement is continued by the conveyor 21to cause the leading edge.35 (where the mouth is) of the inner jacket 1to strike switch assembly 29. This causes the switch assembly mechanism29 to move the jacket 1 backwardly against the direction of the conveyor21 and downwardly (FIG. 11) so that the flexible outer sheet 9 bucklesalong the fold line 7. The folding sheet 9 and the jacket 1 are thenmoved under a pressure roller 26, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, and thecontinued backward movement adheres the panel 6 of the flexible sheet 9to the panel 3 of the innerjacket 1. The finished product is thendeposited in a bin 35.

It will thus be seen that the present invention provides an improvedalbum and method of making it whereby the informational material can beput on a single separate sheet which is then wrapped around thepaperboard and an improved method and machine for wrapping the sheetaround an album.

As various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangementof the parts herein without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention and without sacrificing any of its advantages, it is to beunderstood that all matter herein is to be interpreted as illustrativeand not in a limiting sense.

What is claimed is:

l. A mechanism for forming a container which comprises means forwrapping an outer blank having a pair of panels connected together by afold line around an inner jacket having a pair of panels adheredtogether, means for adhering a first panel of the blank to a first panelof the jacket, means for folding the second panel of the blank aroundsaid fold line along an edge of the jacket, means for adhering the saidsecond panel of the blank to the second panel of the jacket, flapsextending from the first panel of the blank and means provided for thesaid side flaps to be bent over the side edges of the first panel of thejacket before the second panel of the blank is folded, means provided tomove the jacket in an opposite direction after the first panel isadhered, pressure means are provided to cause the second panel to befolded, and stationary means for positively directing the jacket to saidpressure means.

2. A mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein means are provided to coatthe entire inner face of both panels of the blank with an adhesivebefore being applied to the jacket.

3. A mechanism as claimed in claim 2, wherein said blanks are fed overan adhesive-applying mechanism.

4. A mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein a conveyor is provided toreceive said blank and said jacket.

5. A mechanism as claimed in claim 4, wherein said jacket and blank arejoined together by a pressure roller mounted adjacent the conveyor.

6. A mechanism as claimed in claim 4, wherein flapturning means areprovided along the conveyor.

7. A mechanism as claimed in claim 6, wherein said flap turning meanscomprises upstanding rails merging into horizontal flat rails.

8. A mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein a reverse movementmechanism is provided at the end of said conveyor to move the jacketrearwardly.

9. A mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein said stationary means is aramp at the end of the conveyor.

10. A mechanism as claimed in claim 9, wherein a pressure roller isprovided adjacent the end of the conveyor to adhere the two secondpanels to each other.

11. A mechanism as claimed in claim 10, wherein said ramp is pointing tosaid pressure roller.

1. A mechanism for forming a container which comprises means forwrapping an outer blank having a pair of panels connected together by afold line around an inner jacket having a pair of panels adheredtogether, means for adhering a first panel of the blank to a first panelof the jacket, means for folding the second panel of the blank aroundsaid fold line along an edge of the jacket, means for adhering the saidsecond panel of the blank to the second panel of the jacket, flapsextending from the first panel of the blank and means provided for thesaid side flaps to be bent over the side edges of the first panel of thejacket before the second panel of the blank is folded, means provided tomove the jacket in an opposite direction after the first panel isadhered, pressure means are provided to cause the second panel to befolded, and stationary means for positively directing the jacket to saidpressure means.
 2. A mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein means areprovided to coat the entire inner face of both panels of the blank withan adhesive before being applied to the jacket.
 3. A mechanism asclaimed in claim 2, wherein said blanks are fed over anadhesive-applying mechanism.
 4. A mechanism as claimed in claim 1,wherein a conveyor is provided to receive said blank and said jacket. 5.A mechanism as claimed in claim 4, wherein said jacket and blank arejoined together by a pressure roller mounted adjacent the conveyor.
 6. Amechanism as claimed in claim 4, wherein flap-turning means are providedalong the conveyor.
 7. A mechanism as claimed in claim 6, wherein saidflap turning means comprises upstanding rails merging into horizontalflat rails.
 8. A mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein a reversemovement mechanism is provided at the end of said conveyor to move thejacket rearwardly.
 9. A mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein saidstationary means is a ramp at the end of the conveyor.
 10. A mechanismas claimed in claim 9, wherein a pressure roller is provided adjacentthe end of the conveyor to adhere the two second panels to each other.11. A mechanism as claimed in claim 10, wherein said ramp is pointing tosaid pressure roller.